NZBget 19.0-r1999 Virus Warning

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c0sm0s
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NZBget 19.0-r1999 Virus Warning

Post by c0sm0s » 22 May 2017, 10:57

The NZBget 19.0-r1999 (21 May 2017) is getting blocked by Microsoft Edge.

When you download the file Windows Defender gives a virus warning.

Trojan:Win32/Spursint.F!cl

Virustotal result 1/59

htt*s://www.virustotal.com/en/file/569c08f4a24c ... /analysis/

Possible false possitive?

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Re: NZBget 19.0-r1999 Virus Warning

Post by hugbug » 22 May 2017, 11:09

Can you post a screen shot with "Trojan:Win32/Spursint.F!cl" message?
Does it apply to nzbget.exe or to setup?

c0sm0s
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Re: NZBget 19.0-r1999 Virus Warning

Post by c0sm0s » 22 May 2017, 13:04

It's a virus warning in the installer.
MS Edge smartscreen standard blocks the download because unsafe file.
When ignore and download MS Defender gives this virus warning. (Dutch)
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kloaknet
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Re: NZBget 19.0-r1999 Virus Warning

Post by kloaknet » 26 May 2017, 08:00

Just checked on my end with 1999 in MS Edge with Smartscreen on, no errors warnings etc.

Using ESET as firewall/antivirus btw. ESET notices during an update that NZBget.exe is being changed (thats why its called updating) but thats all.

I would suspect an NZB being downloaded/is unpacking has an virus in it, or you have some infection that Windows Defender noticed too late (you mention warning 1 / 59, so something must be definitely wrong, maybe install something like http://www.avg.com/, run scans hope it clears the infection, save your data, and may even install pc again to be sure you got rid of all those warnings).

Note that Windows Defender is not the holy grail for antivirus/firewall. None offers 100% protection, but the free ones (like AVG) have to be free for some reason. I would go for some paid one, like Norton, Symantec, ESET.

c0sm0s
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Re: NZBget 19.0-r1999 Virus Warning

Post by c0sm0s » 26 May 2017, 15:35

I Just checked it again.

No more error when downloading using edge..
Also scanning the installation file with Windows Defender doesn't give a virus warning anymore.

So it is fixed..
So maybe it was a problem with the anti-virus definition files Windows uses.

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Re: NZBget 19.0-r1999 Virus Warning

Post by hugbug » 26 May 2017, 17:41

Edge and Defender use some kind of reputation system. They show warnings for new files but as the files are downloaded by more users the warnings disappear.

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Re: NZBget 19.0-r1999 Virus Warning

Post by c0sm0s » 27 May 2017, 09:56

hugbug wrote:Edge and Defender use some kind of reputation system. They show warnings for new files but as the files are downloaded by more users the warnings disappear.
I know it uses the reputation system.
But that wasn't the problem.. Normally when i Download beta i get a message that the file isn't downloaded a lot.
And that it could possibly be a dangerous file.

This time it was directly a message that is wat a unsafe file.
En Defender gave a virus warning.
Normally when i download a beta and ignore the edge warning Defender doesn't give virus warnings.


But it looks like it is solved now.

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